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Describe ethnic massacre in Kosovo.
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(i) Kosovo was a part of Yugoslavia before split.
(ii) Its population was overwhelmingly ethnic Albanians but Serbs in the country were in majority.
(iii) A narrow minded Serb nationalist Milosevic won the election and his government was very hostile to the Kosovo Albanians. He asked ethnic Albanians to leave the country or accept the dominance of the Serbs. This led to massacre in Kosovo which was being carried out by the army of their own country. The army was working under the direction of a leader who came to power through democratic elections. This was one of the worst instances of ethnic killings in recent times’ Ultimately some countries intervened. Milosevic lost power and v.as tried by an International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity.
Kosovo was a province of Yugoslavia, the population composition of the province was majority Albanians but in country serbs were in majority
Narrow minded Serbs nationalists leader Milosevic won the election
Hostile towards of Kosovo
=They had a viewpoint that Albanians should either leave the country or accept the dominance of the Serbs.
There was a massacre of Albanians carried out by army of their own country
All this was happening under the leadership of a democratically elected leader
Hence, this was the ethnic massacre in Kosovo